cable tester - telecommunications

Tasks

• Inspect and test cable signals and associated equipment
• Inspect trunking systems
• Install and maintain aerial and underground telephone equipment
• Read blueprints to determine work requirements
• Repair cable signals
• Test trunking systems
• Test equipment to locate transmission faults
• Install trunking systems, circuits and equipment
• Instruct apprentices
• Complete and maintain test and service reports
• Determine nature, cause and location of trouble
• Climb and work aloft on poles, ladders or other support structures
• Connect, disconnect and relocate cable outlets
• Determine work assignments
• Install cable modems and software to enable Internet access
• Maintain and repair aerial and underground transmission systems
• Repair or replace faulty cables, power suppliers and amplifiers
• Splice, join and connect wires
• Repair or replace defective telephone equipment

Type of service and repair

• Electronic process instrumentation

Equipment and machinery experience

• Fibre optics
• Cable outlets
• Work Term : Permanent
• Work Language : English
• Hours : 35 hours per week